Tagged: gov. jay nixon

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, incuding:

• Blunt calls lifting of combat ban 'inevitable'
• Nixon pledges to boost funding for all levels of education
• Airplane concerns stalls Mo. cabinet nomination

Gov. Jay Nixon's nominee for a top administration post is stalled in Missouri's Senate over the purchase of a $5.6 million state plane.

Gov. Jay Nixon has named two Democratic lawyers to the board that oversees the four-campus University of Missouri system.

The appointments of John Phillips and Michael Ponder to the University of Missouri Board of Curators were announced Friday. They would serve until 2019 if the appointments are confirmed by the state Senate.

Governor Jay Nixon announced today that Paul C. Wilson will be the newest member of the Missouri Supreme Court. Wilson will fill the vacant spot left by William Ray Price Jr.